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@DadFather @penfount I have a very similar pen! It is a Moore (based in Boston MA) and the estimated date is also the 1920s. It is an eyedropper (no rubber sac) and there is no hole in the cap.

When I bought it, the nib was too sharp and tore up paper. I buffed it out on the bottom of a coffee mug and it works great (though it’s a bit of a gusher). I put a daub of silicon grease on the threads and the ink inside is currently three or four years old and still wet.

#fountainpen #antique #antiques

@Unattributed @penfount did they blur the branding on the pen? definitely something very legitimate going on here

@Paularhion @penfount

(It’s not clear to me if this post will reach your notifications on lemmy, but I’ll give it a shot) aside from replacing the converter, you can try dabbing silicone grease on the screw threads where the section attaches to the barrel. This is how pens are waterproofed for eyedropper filling.

It’s not expensive; fountain pen shops sometimes stock it but so do other crafts supply places.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social … does he think that’s a threat?